Chris Soldo was the first assistant director for the "Pie-lette" of Pushing Daisies.
Soldo has a long association with Barry Sonnenfeld. He was the first assistant director and associate producer of Wild Wild West and RV (the latter which co-starred Kristin Chenoweth), was the first assistant director for the second unit of Men in Black, and was the first assistant director for the pilot episode of Notes from the Underbelly.